faux-polynesia

coral and palm trees
cyclones and limestone caves
enunciating our maori vowels correctly
because that’s how we were raised

a kinship with these islands
never visited
often heard of
my existence owed to them

and one day i will see them
and kia orana/fakaalofa atu
i will greet them like old friends

[My parents both worked as volunteers in the Pacific in their younger years – Mum spend time in the Cook Islands, then she and Dad both worked in Niue, which is where they met. I have always grown up with a fascination – and knowledge – of both places, and reeeeeally need to get around to visiting either/both!]

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I'm Briar – Briar Lawry, if you were wondering which particular one. Raw Library is an anagram of my name and a place for my writing – about anything, in theory, but mostly about books, the music industry and chronic illness. And sometimes coffee.